Software Engineer, Service Automation (Kubernetes)

About Us At Cloudflare, we are on a mission to help build a better Internet. Today the company runs one of the world’s largest networks that powers millions of websites and other Internet properties for customers ranging from individual bloggers to SMBs to Fortune 500 companies. Cloudflare protects and accelerates any Internet application online without adding hardware, installing software, or changing a line of code. Internet properties powered by Cloudflare all have web traffic routed through its intelligent global network, which gets smarter with every request. As a result, they see significant improvement in performance and a decrease in spam and other attacks. Cloudflare was named to Entrepreneur Magazine’s Top Company Cultures list and ranked among the World’s Most Innovative Companies by Fast Company. At Cloudflare, we’re not looking for people who wait for a polished roadmap; we’re looking for the builders who see the cracks in the Internet that everyone else has simply learned to live with. We value candidates who have the instinct to spot a "normalized" problem and the AI-native curiosity to create a solution using the latest tools. Our culture is built on iteration, leveraging AI to ship faster today to make it better tomorrow, while ensuring that every improvement, no matter how small, is shared across the team to lift everyone up. If you’re the type of person who values curiosity over bureaucracy, and that AI is a partner in solving tough problems to keep the Internet moving forward, you’ll fit right in. Location : Austin, TX (Hybrid, 2 days per week in-office) Many of Cloudflare’s critical internal services run on Kubernetes. These services include those responsible for Cloudflare’s control plane and APIs, data analytics and other internal tools used to manage our global network. These Kubernetes platforms are purpose-built from the ground up and run on bare metal Linux in different regions around the world. The scale we work at involves tens of thousands of containers and terabits per second of network traffic. The team takes pride in knowing this platform helps run parts of the global Internet. As an engineer on the Kubernetes platform team, you'll be building the tools to help engineers deploy and operate the services that make Cloudflare work. Our mission is to provide a reliable, yet flexible, platform to help product teams release new software efficiently and safely. The role includes both software engineering and DevOps operational responsibilities. What You'll Do Improve Kubernetes, Ceph and Prometheus automation, configuration management and other tooling Design scalable and resilient systems that can keep up with company growth Improve the efficiency of managing resources such as CPU, bandwidth and storage Harden the platform against security threats and resource contention issues Improve our GitOps systems and practices Work with app teams to understand their potential challenges and help them choose the best way to architect their systems on Kubernetes Contribute back to the open source community Some of our favorite open source projects include: Prometheus, Rook.io, Kubevirt, Contour, Envoy, Consul, cdk8s, Vault, Ceph, Cloudprober, Etcd, Calico, Terraform Help respond and prevent incidents impacting core platforms What You'll Need Experience managing production Kubernetes or similar orchestration platforms Recent experience with configuration management frameworks such as SaltStack or Ansible Knowledge of how container runtimes work inside of Linux (isolation, storage, and networking) Ability to work with codebases in Bash, TypeScript and Go A firm grasp of IP networking including routing and iptables Excellent debugging skills in a Linux environment Source control experience including branching, merging and rebasing The ability to break down complex problems into smaller pieces, provide options, talk through trade-offs and drive the effort to solve the problem Bonus Points ... (truncated, view full listing at source)